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It’s not just Justin Bieber saying ‘sorry’ all the time. South West Trains (SWT) this week tweeted angry commuters ‘sorry’ more than four hundred times. The train company apologised individually to commuters who were venting their frustration about the recent delays and cancellations particularly on the services running through Bournemouth. Despite 81% of South West […]

Members of the public are being asked to watch out for rare washed up turtles on Dorset’s award winning beaches. Four rare Kemp’s Ridley turtles have been found washed up within a staggering nine days. A live loggerhead turtle was found alive near Worths Matrevers days before Christmas and had to be put to sleep […]

It’s not just Justin Bieber saying ‘sorry’ all the time. South West Trains (SWT) this week tweeted angry commuters ‘sorry’ more than four hundred times. The train company apologised individually to commuters who were venting their frustration about the recent delays and cancellations particularly on the services running through Bournemouth. Despite 81% of South West […]

The portrait of Elsie Bowerman, a barrister and suffragette, is set to go to auction. The Titanic survivor was the first female barrister at the Old Bailey, which in 1947 went to the states to set up the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Bowerman died in 1973 and a blue plaque was posthumously […]

Purbeck district council, (PDC), are set to debate the future of the 12ft wooden structure nicknamed ‘woodhenge‘ by locals. The installation was built spontaneously within 12 hours by pub landlord Charlie Newman but the council had previously ordered the removal of the structure in early September last year. Charlie, owner of the Square and Compass pub, […]